Spark-arresting appliance for lignite-burning locomotives.



W. 1 STEELE, J. PLAYER & G. J. MELLIN. SPARKAEEESTING APPLIANCE FOB, LIGNITE BURNING LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1909.

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Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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' APPLIOATIONFILEDJAN.B,1909. Y 9336?. Patented 891015.21, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1909.

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VENTORS JZa WITNE LIN W. P. STEELE SPARK ARRESTING APPLIANCE FOR LIGNIT J. PLAYER & 0. J. MEL

B BURNING LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 19,09.

lattente i Sept. 21, 1909.

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W. P. STEELE, J. PLAYER 5: G. J. MELLIN.

SPARK ARrLESTING APPLIANCE FOR LIGNITE BURNINGLOOOMOTIVES.

Patented Sept. 21 .1909.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.8,1909.

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I ENTORS,

s E s S E N n w Appliances for MELLIN, OF SCHENECTADY. NEVI' YORK, ASSIGNOBS TO AMERICAN en rant enrich.

JERSEY. AND JOHN PLLYEB AND CARL J. LOCOMOTIVE QQMPANY, OF NEXV YORK. A OOR'PGRATION OF .hl E'iV YGRK.

,PARILABRESTING APPLIANCE FOR LIGNITH'BURNING' LOCOMOTIVES.

Application filed January 8. 1909.

To all whom it may concern: Bert known that. we, iVnJJAn m Palisade, in the county of P. S'rnnnn,

State of New Jersey, and Jenn lmvnn and than J. lvinnun,

York, have jointly invented and useful Improvement. in Spark-[wrestling Lignite Burning lives, of which improvement.

a specification.

The oheet, of our invention is to provide means, of ready and inexoensive inlaptahilit in locomotive boilers of the standard type, whereby lig'nite and other fuels ot such ,eharacter as that consideral'ile quantities ot' them in their combustion under light; sparks or Cinders an exhaust; blastv in locomotive tirehoxes, may

therein without the emission of ignited sparks or Cinders from the stack, and. without impairment of the tree steaming qnah- 'ilGS of the lOffOlnot-LVG holler.

The leading and characteristic our invention consists in a novel construction and combination of members whereby the solid products of eemhustion, r1. c-., the sparks and einclers, lifted, by thc'aetion ot' the exhaust hlast, from the hody of tool in combustion on the grate, are separated from the gases of combustion upon then exit trom the ztront ends of the boiler tubes. the gases therefrom directly 5 being permitted to )ass to and out. of the stack and the cnnlers heng (ilffill'Gti into a'conijluit considerable lengtl'i, having a discharge ter- .minal located within the exhaust nozzle. and 'hein in their traverse thren 'h said coinluit.

b h I so 11* reducedcapahle of being ignited when finally dis charged, through said nozzle and the stuck, into the atmosphere.'

Elhe improvement claimed, eomprehendmg the essentialelements oi a construction as above specified, tails relating thereto, is hereinafter fully set. forth.

in the aceonipanyin tlrawings: l ig'nre 1, is av side 'VlGW, partly in section, of a locomotive, illustrating an applicationjo't our invention; Fig. 2, a vertical central seet-ion, on an enlarged scale, through the smoke .hox

lei-gen and of tzlcheneetady, in the. county of .t-vehe'neetady and State of Sew a certain new Loeoinoi, the following is are evolved troin' he horned teature ol" the loconnitive.

or passage ojl' niemperatnre as to he in- 1 and suinlry structu al de- Specification of Letters Patent. v iuiont'pil Sa nt, 2H 19059.

Serial No. 471.262.

1 thereof: Fig. 2, a horizontal section through i y n. a transverse section through the smoke =hox. on the line 1/ H (ll-Fig. 3: l igg'. l. a side i'icw. in r-lcration, ot the ash pan; F1 5, a vertical transverse section thrcnigh the same: l ig): an plan view, on an enlarged scale. of the rear portion til the cooling conduit,

thereto: Fin. T. a side view, partly in, section. on the linc {i l) n". Fig. it. of the same: l and. l'ig. to, a vertical section, on the line l c c 'l Fig. (3. through the rindcr pot.

: ()ur invention is herein exemplified as zip l plied on a locomotive o'l' thestandard latlllt' or l t's-( type, which is supportedon 1 six driving wheels. r.- a tour wheel leading i truck, 2. and a iraitihg truck. The hoiler, i -'t-. is of the ordinary lire tnhe type. having a plurality o't tirc tuhes, t}. extending from a l ti'rehox. 3. at its rot.v end. to a smoke box, 4-, l at its tront end. which is provided with an l l 12, secured to the side tranninenihers, 8, 0i" lt will. however, he ohvions to those skilled in the art, that our invention is equally applicahle to any of the other standard types ol locomotives known and nscd in present practice.

in the practii'c ol" our invention, an in clincd drliocting llilli )."tll2\1)lll';l,jlll. lfis located as in ordinary practice. forward of the trout :luc slice. l. and projects downwardly and l'oruard'ly from a le cl ahovo hc top row ol tuhes.- acrosthe smoke l. which, in. ordcr to provide sutiicicnt space l'or appliances iuchnhal therein as hcrrinaltcr desrrihcd. extends helon the uni-t ot the hoilr-r. t hring' tor that purpose. made cit'hcr ot" e'rea'tcr diameter than. and conncctcd ccccntrn-ally to, the Front rni;

- ot' the waist. or, equivalently. being made oi ohljong' transverse section, with a greater vertical diameter than that of said front An exhaust pipc, (i%l. ot any suitable is tixed to-t'he cylinder saddles l l lam. l

ring. known town. i). and communicates. with the exhaust. passages of the cylinders.

pipe being provider. at its top, with an (X1 haust' novlzle, 64. .i suitahlc spark arrestcr l si-irronnds the exhaust. pipe, the "torni shown he exhaust pipe and deflecting guard: Fig

open stack, 4 and tixed to cylinder saddles,

in the usual manner.

12- which are formed therein, the-exhaust showing; the application of a cinder pot and extendingfrom ale'vel' that of-thc lowest row of tubes' consisting of a sheet of netting or perforated" plate, l", which extends from the deflecting plate, l, to or neanthe front, at, of the smoke box, and is connected, at its forward end, to a sheet, 4:, which extends to the topof the smoke-box, and which may be of plain or perforated plate or of wire'netting, as preferred. A supplemental deflectmg plate, 4:, is preferably extended across the smoke box, in rear of the deflectingplate l said plate being located in front of several of the lower rows of boiler tubes, 4; presenting open spaces at its top and bottom; above the bottom to a level below of the deflecting plate, P,

A deflect,-

' ing guard,l composed of two metal plates,

inclined lnwardly and rearwardly and connected at their rear ends, is secured to the rear of the exhaust pipe, 64:, the function of said guard being to protect the exhaust pipe from the direct impact of the cinders teeted by a floor plate,

passing from below the deflecting plates, 43'

and ll, as well as to deflect the current of cinders to the opposite sides of the exhaust pipe. The bottom of the smoke box is pro- 4, extending from the back of the smoke box to the front of the exhaust pipe, and downwardly inclined at its front end, and the space between the iioor plate and the bottom of the smoke box is filled with a lining of refractory material, 4. i

The smoke box is extended for a short distance in advance of, the cylinder saddles, 12, and an open topped cinder hopper, 6, which forms a receptacle for the sparks and cinders that are downwardly deflected-by the deflecting-plate, 4, is connected to the bottom of the smoke box, in front of the cylinder saddles and around'an opening, 6*, formed transversely in the bottom of the smoke box and of a length equalto'about one-half the diameter thereof, or such as maybe sufficient to provide-an amplearea for the delivery of cinders into the hopper,

6. Vertical dividing plates, 7, are'fixed to the bottom of the smoke box, on each side of the exhaust pipe, said plates extending from a plane a short distance forward of the flue sheet AP to or near the cinder-delivery 0pen'ing,,6, the function of said plates being to separate or keep apart the-currents of cinders which strike the curved. sides of the smokeb'ox on opposite sides of theflex haust nozzle,- and whichesnguhd otherwise lie-deflected from each side toward the central plane thereof, and would there form whirling currents which would tend to lift. and carrythem directly to the spark ar- -rester A horizontal upper separator plate,

7, extends across the space between the dividing plates, '7, below the tops thereof, and is continued vertically to-their tops and thence horizontally to the sides of the smoke box, as clearly shown in 3. 'l he spaces below said separator plate and, between it and the floor plate,"l,form channels through which the cinders which are thrown downwardly toward the floor plate, l, and separated from the gases by their velocity in their discharge from the boiler tubes, pass toward the cinder delivery opening, 6 into which they are diverted by ,tii

inclined cinder hopper deflector, 7 extend ing across the smoke box above said cinder delivery, opening.

The cinders which are deposited in the.

cinder hopper, 6, are dischargedtherefrom,

by the suction induced by the exhaust blast, by which they are drawn intoand through a cinder cooling condu t or passage, which is, in this instance, shown as in the form of a pipe, 9, counnunicating, at its forward end, with the cinderhopper, near the bottom thereof, and thence leading, first rearwardly as far as practicable, (in the instance shown nearlyto the rear driving axle), and then, through the intermediation of a return bend, 9, or other suitable connection, forwardly and upwardly to a discharge opening or nozzle,9", located'within the exhaust nozzle, 64. As shown in Fig. 3, the forward portion of the rearwardly extending length of the cooling passage passes through a horizontal opening cored in one of the cylinder saddles, 12, and the-forward portion of the forwardly extending length of said passage is continued to the discharge nozzle, 9",

through a communicating elbow shaped passage in the saddle and a vertical-pipe cast integral withtheflexhaust pipe, 64, the cooling passage being continuous, although comprising different sections, from the cinder hopper, 6, to the discharge nozzle, 9, within the exhaust nozzle, G l. It will be seen that by this location of the nozzles, 9 and 64!,

the suction of the exhaust blast will draw the cinders from the hopper, 6, through the cooling passage, 9, and eject them, mingled with the exhaust steam, through the stack, P.- In and by their traverse through the cooling'passage, which, as shown, is of considerable length, and their admixture with the exhaust steam, the cinders will be re-' duced in temperature and extinguished when they are discharged from the stack, and,

consequently, risk of fire'dainage to property adjoining the right. of way, which has heretofore alwaysobtained to a substantial extent, will be eliminated.

Figs. 6 to"'8 inclusive illustrate a modification of structural detail. in which the rearwardly and forwardly extending lengths of the cinder cooling passage, 9, are connected throughthe intermediatlon of a einderpot, 9, instead of by a return-bend, 9", as above escribed, the rearwardly extending length being conne'cted toa nozzle, 9, on'the lower .portion of the cinder'i pot, 'a'ndthe forwardly 'llt the ash pan cannot; be

its relation to the be ample extei'iding portion connected to a cover plate closing the top thereof. The cinder pot supporteiil on transverse braces, 9, secured to the engine frame members, 8, and may be ,er of cylindrici'il form as shown, or as :i invertii-d cone. the latter form presenting the advantage of being more readily cleared inders. if any should accumulate therein. An opening, in the cinder pot, closed by a removable plate, on v be deposited in the cinder pot to be read therefrom.

;i has been found in practice that when tire door is opened, a greater quantity sparks or cinders is lifted from the tire and carried through the tubes than when the door is closed, to prevent too great .a delivery through the cooling passage, J, door is open. To this eiid, a valve, 10, seatt the end ot the cooling passage which into die cinder hopper, (3, is provided, and being of cinders while the valve being normally open, closed t. when the tire door is open. The

is fixed upon a stem, WliiCl1 a tluid prestzii start:- cylinder, 10, iixed to the cinder hopper, to which cylinder, air or. steam is admit-ted a piston, 10". working in it), and a spring, 10

a guide, 10, sec :ed. to the cinder hopper, holds the valve, it open or unseated when the piston is notexposod to pressure.

in the use of liguite fuel, a large amount at light ash sifts through the grate into the ash pan, and in order to prevent this ash trough a pipe,

on said piston and on from being blown outof the pan by. the

and at the same time admit the ire quantity of air, for draft,it'is ssary to cover theopenings between the pan. 2i}. and the bottom ofthe firebox, .3. with netting of extremely fine mesh. As

lowered by reason '0 wheels and frame below it, a sut'ticicnt. area for air admission cannot be Oblflid'lttl withlinc mesh netting, when ap plied directly and of superficial area equa only to that. of the air openings below the iirebox. in order to insure draft which Will for free steaming in the use of tie smoke box members above described. the side spaces between the mud ring, 5, of the tire.- box and the ash pan, screens, 23*. mesh to prevent the escape of ashes, sait screens being outwardly curvedv or bent at their lower portions and extended to a level abovethe bottom of the mud ring, their tops being: connected to the sides of the firebox by rpostal angles. thereby presenting a lyincreased area for air admission over which would be obtainable with the l'iiai'v fiat sheets of netting, which extend the body of the ash pan.

9*, enables any cinders that.

and it is therefore desirable bear-- 2%. are covered by. of i'itllllll',.()l sutl'icieiitly tine.

v l over the openings between the. mud ring i Various structural modifications of the specific construction herein set forth may he made by those skilled in the art, without ii'oiii 'the spirit and operative invention as exemplified form in which it has been apiii satisfactory operation Thus. for ex herein in the plied and is now in practical railroad service.

I ample, the cinder hopper. which is herein shown as aseparate casting connected to the smoke box, may. if preferred,'be cast integral with a cylinder saddle, or with the bed plate in 'ases where a bed plateand separate cylinders are used. The discharge nozzle 0 the cinder cooling;- passage may also be applied iii connection with any of thevarious known forms of annular exhaust nozzles, and the location and inclination of the several deflecting plates and partition plates of the smoke box may be varied in the discretion of the constructor, with the characteristics of the kind and grade. of fuelused. and the. conditions of service under which the locomotive is operated.

\Ve. claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. "he combination, with a locomotive boiler, of means, within the smoke box of the boiler, for separating the solid froii'i'tho gaseous products of combustion atter their ing them priorto their subsequent ejection from the stack by the action ot'theexhaust steam jet.

with a locomotive boiler, of means, within the smoke box 0 the boiler, for separating the solid frouit'he gaseous products of combustion after their escape from the tubes of the boiler. and means, in communication with the smoke stack of the boiler, for etl'ecting a prolomred traverse, exterior to the smoke box, of the separated solid products prior to their ejection from the stack. by the action of the exhaust steani jet, and a coincident cooling of said products during said traverse. I

3. The combination, with a, locomotive boiler, of means, within the smoke box of the boiler, for separating thersolid from the gaseous products of combustion after their escape from the tubes of the boiler, tacle for the separated solid products, and means, lli coinniunicatioii with the smoke stack of the boiler, for etfecting a prolonget traverse ot' thes'oparated solid products, exterior to the smoke box, between said receptafle to the stack, by the actioncof the ex-. liaiist steam jet, an a coincident. cooling of said products during said traverse. 4. The combimitioii, with a locomotive 2. The. combination,

of the a recep I and in actuardance llt) boiler, of means, within the smoke box of the boiler, for separating the solid from the gaseous products of combustion 'atter their escape from the tubes of the boiler, a receptacle for the separated solid products, and

means, in communication with the smoke stack or the boiler, for effecting a prolonged traverse of the separated products, exterior to the smoke box, between said receptacle and the stack, by the action of theexhaust steam jet, and a coincident cooling of said products during said traverse.

5. The combination, with a locomotive the separated solid products, a cooling conduit or passage leading from said receptacle, a discharge nozzle in the smoke box of the boiler, in which said conduit terminates, and a cylinder exhaust pipe inclosing said discharge nozzle.

7. The combination, with a locomotive boiler, of means for separating thesolid and gaseous products of comblustion escaping from the tubes of the boiler, means for dividing the separated solid products into separate currents, a receptacle for the several currents of separated solid products, a cooling conduit or passage leading from said receptacle, a discharge nozzle in the smoke box of the boiler, in which said conduit terminates, and a cylinder exhaust pipe in closing said discharge nozzle.

8. The combination, with a locomotive boiler provided with means for separating the solid and gaseous products of combustion escaping from the boiler tubes and subsequently cooling and extinguishing the separated solid products by the action of the exhaust steam jeti' of an ash pan provided with lateral openings, and extended outwardly protruding screens of netting, located over saidopenings, for preventing the escape of ashes and increasing the area of air admission into the ash pan to compensate tor the increased resistance to draft induced by the spark extinguishing means.

5). The combination. with a locomotive boiler, of means for separating the solid and gaseous products oi combustion, a cooling conduit or passage receiving the separated solid products, a discharge nozzle in the smoke box of the. boiler. in which said conduit terminates, a receptacle iniorposm'l between separz-rte sections olisnid cooling pas seeps? sage, and a cylinder exhaust pipe inclosing the discharge nozzle of the cooling passage. 10. The combination, with a locomotive boiler, of means for separating the solid and 'aseous products of combustion escaping troin the tubes of the boiler, receptacle for the separated solid products, a cooling con duit or passage leading from said receptacle, a discharge nozzle in the smoke box of the boiler, in which said conduit terminates, a Valve controlling communication between said receptacle and said passage, and a cylinder exhaust pipe 'inclosing the discharge nozzle of said passage.

$11. The combination, with a locomotive boiler, of means for separating the solid and gaseous products of combustion escaping from the tubes of the boiler, a receptacle for the'separated solid products, a cooling conduit or passage leading from said receptacle, a discharge nozzle in the smoke box of the boiler, in which said conduit terminates, a valve controlling communication between said receptacle and said passage, 21 fluid pres sure cylinder having a piston connected to and adapted to operate said,valve, and a cylinder exhaust pipe inclosing the discharge nozzle of said I I 12. The combination, with a locomotive boiler having a delivery opening in the bottom of its smoke box, of an exhaust pipe, a deflecting plate extending forwardly and downwardly from above the top row of tubes of the boiler, a spark arrester surrounding theexhaust pipe, an inwardly and rear.-

ardly tapering deflecting guard adjoining the exhaust pipe at the rear thereof, a cinder hopper communicating with the delivery opening of the smoke box, and a transverse separator plate extending across the smoke box between the deflecting plate and the delivery-opening. c

'13. The combination, with a locomotive boiler having a delivery opening in thebot- '110 tom of its smoke box, of an exhaust pipe, a deflecting plate extending forwardly and downwardly from above the top row ot tubes of the boiler, a spark arrester surrounding the exhaust pipe, a supplemental deflecting plateextending across the smoke box below and in rear of the first named detlecting plate and presenting open spaces at its top and bottom, a cinder hopper communicating w ith the delivery opening of the smoke box, and a transverse separator plate extending across the smoke box between the deflecting plate and the delivery openin 14, The combination, with a locomotive boiler having a smoke box which is integrally extended below the waist of the boiler, a de-' fleeting plate extending forwardly and downwardly from above the top. row of tubes, an exhaust pipe, a spark arrester. sur rounding the exhaust plpe, a transverse separator plate extending across the smoke box .l'ielow the spark arrester,

and the delivery opening. 1

and a tloor extend-- ine' across the downward extension of the smoke box.

3. The combination, boi having;- a smoke box whieh is inte- ;rally extended below the waist of the boiler and is provnhsl with a delivery openwith a locomotive ing: in its bottom, of a tloor extending across the dmvnward extension ol" the smoke box. a deflecting" plate extending forwardly and downwardly from above the top row of tubes. an exhansr pipe. a spark arrester surrounding the exhaust pipe, a einder hopper eonnnnn' a'ting. with the delivery opening: 03% the smoke box, and a transverse separator plate extending across thesntoke box, above the item: and between the delleet'n'ig plate to, The eonibiinition. with a ltKOtDOtlVe boiler having; a deliver], opening tom of its smoke box, oil a deflecting plate extending; forwardly and a ove the top row of boiler tubes, an hanst' pipe. a spark arres er exhaust pipe. a (trader hopper line with the deliwry opening ol box. rerth-al dividing plntes pioieming 1mmn'dljVl'ron l tween. thev de 'teetine; plate and the deliv ry in the botdown\*ardtx from 1-nrronn lin;1 the the smoke 1 the bottom ol the smoke be; be

extending between the dividing plates and box. It? The combination, Wtltl a lOtUlltOtlYQ, boiler having a delivery opening in the bot l tom of its smoke box, ol :1 det'leetiing plate l extending; fm'wardly and tltHVtHYtlt'tllY from abovethe top row ol boiler tubes, an exhaust pipe, a spark arrester surrounding the exhanst pipe. 'a t-inder hopper eonnnnnit-ating opening, and a transverse separator plate l thenee to the shell of the smoke with the deliver openine ot the smoke box. i

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